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Not sure why you're getting downvoted.

I know in Canada they have a media blackout for each timezone until polls close (or are almost closed). The assumption is people will change their vote based on early counts.

However, that may have changed with the internet since you can't stop anyone from getting early results.

Edit: yup, looks like Canada stopped that back in 2014 [1]

[1]http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-reforms-include-end...



> The assumption is people will change their vote based on early counts.

I think the most likely problem is not votes being swayed by popularity -- probaly moreso is turnout being impacted by a large lead.


Agreed. Seeing that the person you'd vote for is so far behind that it's not worth voting at all.


Do you mean Gary Johnson and Jill Stein?




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